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Re: Question about laparoscopy incisions/suturesFrom: lisa (@hotmail.com)Sat Dec 30 19:57:49 2006
At Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Julie wrote: > >Hello everyone--I know I should ask my doctor this but I have called the >office repeatedly and no one will ever call me back. I have my first >preoperative appt on January 17, so I haven't seen a doctor since my >surgery. > >I had a laparoscopy on November 16 and three incisions were made in my >abdomen. The incisions were closed with tape and I was instructed to >leave the tape alone until it fell off, which I did. However, the nurse >did not mention sutures, and there is a knot of white thread that looks >like silk embroidery floss sticking out of the bottom of the bellybutton >incision. My question: Am I supposed to get this suture removed, or >does it dissolve, or what? Has anyone else had one of these stitches, >and what did they do with it? It doesn't hurt or anything, I'm just >curious and impatient to ask the doctor. Thanks a lot for reading my >question. > >-- >Julie M > Hello, i had the same thing, they closed with stiches then taped over them, i was told the same thing. the stiches disolve on there own in a lil bit of time. good luck.
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